http://jackyan.vox.com/library/posts/tags/benny+hill/page/1/ NOW IN COLOUR en Vox Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:27:42 +1200 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss benny hill http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/asians-in-the-media-before-political-correctness.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/asians-in-the-media-before-political-correctness.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/asians-in-the-media-before-political-correctness.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:27:42 +1200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8c19cea000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8c19cea000b-50si" alt="Benny Hill - Cookie Boy" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The politically correct camp will say this is racist toward Chinese. I find it bloody funny and, PC thugs, I don’t need you defending me and implying that I can’t do so myself. I am perfectly capable of doing so if I need to—and with Alf Hill, I d... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/asians-in-the-media-before-political-correctness.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad68f3ef10005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tv chinese indian race retro china asia asian racism uk 1970s benny hill political correctness chow mein henry mcgee bob todd http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/is-this-another-british-remake.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/is-this-another-british-remake.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/is-this-another-british-remake.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 May 2008 12:48:54 +1200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a00f48d1587770001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00f48d1587770001-50si" alt="Benny hill-opportunity knocks" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Interesting commentary on ABC’s brand-new hit shows for 2008 in the American TV Week: Buzz projects: Game show “Opportunity Knocks,” which takes the game show out of the studio and into contestants’ front yards, is gaining steam. An adaptation of... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/is-this-another-british-remake.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00e398f871770005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tv usa abc american uk british benny hill thames itv revival remake engelbert humperdinck bob todd bbc radio abc-tv opportunity knocks gerry dorsey hughie green su pollard jack wright http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/call-me-newt-for-short.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/call-me-newt-for-short.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/call-me-newt-for-short.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 09 May 2008 15:05:12 +1200 You know how spammers regularly put a fake name next to your email address that’s somehow compiled from their database? It’s been a wonderful filtering tool because somewhere along the line, one spammer decided my name is Newton Singewald. Evi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/call-me-newt-for-short.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00e398f7ccf70004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> spam email joke humour christianity benny hill spammers filters disciples http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/benny-hills-original-gag.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/benny-hills-original-gag.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/benny-hills-original-gag.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:15:19 +1300 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a00f30f5800eb0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00f30f5800eb0001-50si" alt="benny hill - gangsters" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Among his later shows, Benny Hill claimed that he was inspired by other acts which he adapted to his programme, which probably led to his many parodies. This one, however, was considered to be fully original, so much so that the day they shot it, ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/benny-hills-original-gag.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00f30f58011d0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tv comedy retro humour uk 1970s benny hill variety thames jackie wright http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-forgotten-french-nouvelle-vague-director.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-forgotten-french-nouvelle-vague-director.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-forgotten-french-nouvelle-vague-director.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:46:15 +1200 We’ve run an article on the Lucire website about a Chanel campaign directed by Bettina Rheims, in the spirit of Jean-Luc Godard’s Le Mépris, a Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) film from 1963 starring Brigitte Bardot. I still rank Pierre de Terre as th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-forgotten-french-nouvelle-vague-director.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00cd972f5beb4cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tv france ad new wave advertisement chanel paris french commercial humour advert avant-garde brigitte bardot nouvelle vague benny hill tvc lucire publicité henry mcgee bettina rheims julie ordon http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/tribute-to-benny-hill.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/tribute-to-benny-hill.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/tribute-to-benny-hill.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:48:32 +1200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a00d4142a8aa13c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00d4142a8aa13c7f-50si" alt="Benny Hill - Hospital" /></a> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a00d09e5e5d39be2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00d09e5e5d39be2b-50si" alt="Benny Hill&#39;s Answer to the Rabid Politically Correct" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> As we head toward the 15th anniversary of Alf ‘Benny’ Hill’s passing on April 20, here’s a little sketch from his show, with the whole regular cast of Benny Hill, Jackie Wright, Bob Todd and Henry McGee, sadly all deceased. At least they are all r... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/tribute-to-benny-hill.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00d41424102b685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tv television comedy usa humour 1980s uk 1970s great britain benny hill thames henry mcgee the benny hill show bob todd jackie wright